JAVA MANUSCRIPTS
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Two large manuscript charts showing Java's North Coast facing south. Stretching from Batavia till Surabaya, together they show in great detail how one of the most important islands not only in the Indonesian archipelago but also in the whole Southeast Asian region looked like around 230 years ago. Both manuscripts are dated 1806 & 1807 and were ordered by perhaps the most powerful man in Indonesia, Nicolas Engelhard, who was governor of Java at the time these charts were created. These historical important documents show unique and interesting information on topography and settlements in early 19th century Java. Sir Stanford Raffles, Raffles often stayed with Engelhard and together the owned coffee plantations around Buitenzorg, nowadays Bogor Java. Hand-drawn manuscript maps and charts are for most collectors considered the holy grails, as they are the rarest and often most valuable maps to collect. That these two charts are still together, in this condition is a unique find for those interested in high-end maps and charts of Indonesia, and of Java in particular.
Java’s North Coast - Manuscript Charts Stretching from Batavia till Surabaya Publication Semarang Java, 1806 & 1807
Condition See condition report.
Dimensions ca. 165 by 95 cm.
Price 168,000 USD.
Each manuscript map
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Note: Images shown of this map are from separated photographs photoshopped together, and might be joined imperfectly at some parts. We send four high resolution photographs upon request. The two charts
can be viewed in Singapore or Jakarta.
"Een Gedeelte der Noord Cust van 't Eyland Java” (162 by 92 cm.) This charts shows on the left Semarang and on the right Batavia’s on Java’s North-coast, here facing south. The cartouche on the lower part left from the middle states that these maps were ordered by Nicolas Engelhard, governor of Java, and
executed by the Lieutenants Jan Theunis Busscher and Hendrik Mujiderman.
"Een gedeelte der Noord Cust van Groot Java" (158 by 90 cm.) This charts shows on the left Surabaya and on the right Semarang on Java’s North-coast, here facing south. The cartouche on the lower part in the middle states that these maps were ordered by Nicolas Engelhard, governor of Java.
A total of 29 insets show the major ports and the larger island groups on Java’s north-coast. The maps have north-facing down, and in the lower parts, north to the Java coast, the charts show the Island groups
“Bavian and t’ Eyland
Carimon” and “Poelo Lubock of t’ Eyland Baviaan”, nowadays known as the Karimunjawa (shown above) and Bawean islands. Both these island
groups are sketched out in detail.
Along the top of the charts, eleven finely executed insets show the major ports: Batavia, Surabaya, Semarang, Pekalongan, Tegal, Cirebon, Indramayu, Pamanukan, Damak, Japara and Rembang.
Over seven hundred places and names are mentioned and described in great detail on these magnificently drawn charts. Drawn by hand are numerous details such as cities, rivers, islands, ports and harbours, compass roses, mountains and countless depth soundings. All are done in fine outline colouring and graceful handwriting. On the lower parts of both charts are small insets showing detailed information and drawings on mountains and hills as seen from the sea. Single letters indicate from where, when sailing close to the shores, the shapes of the mountains can be seen from the sea, also sketched out on the mainland parts of both charts.
Nicholas Engelhard (The Netherlands 1761 - Buitenzorg, Batavia 1831) arrived in the Dutch East Indies in 1778 where he had a brilliant career, becoming one of the most powerful men in the Dutch East Indies, especially during the transition from the VOC to the Dutch colonial administration. Nicolas Engelhard was very much interested in the nature and antiquities of Java and asked the artist and topographers to make drawings for him. Much of our knowledge of the statues and temple ruins of java we owe to him. Thomas Stamford Raffles, the English Governor General in Batavia between 1811 and 1815, used some of the drawings Engelhard had made in his famous " The History of Java”.
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